CVE-2026-86118
Description
gonic versions before 0.22.0 fail to validate administrator privileges in the startScan endpoint, allowing any authenticated user to trigger media library rescans. Attackers can repeatedly call the startScan endpoint to force CPU and I/O-intensive filesystem operations, causing denial of service on multi-user instances.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/sentriz/gonic
- https://github.com/sentriz/gonic/blob/v0.21.0/server/ctrlsubsonic/ctrl.go
- https://github.com/sentriz/gonic/blob/v0.21.0/server/ctrlsubsonic/handlers_common.go
- https://github.com/sentriz/gonic/releases/tag/v0.22.0
- https://github.com/sentriz/gonic/security/advisories/GHSA-453r-pgfw-h3pq
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gonic-before-0.22.0-missing-administrator-check-on-the-subsonic-startscan-endpoint
CWEs
CWE-862
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.